Bergosa

Bergosa

Bergosa

Uninhabited settlement in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain


Bergosa is an unpopulated settlement belonging to the municipality of Jaca, in the region of Jacetania, province of Huesca, Aragon. It is part of the Garcipollera.

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Toponymy

According to Agustín Ubieto, the first mention of the place dates from 948 or 962, in the work of his brother, Antonio Ubieto, Cartulario de San Juan de la Peña II, in Textos Medievales, 6 (Valencia, 1963) and documents the variations Bergossa, Bergosi, Bergasa, Uergosa, Uergossa and Bergosa.[1]

Geography

In 1966, the place was expropriated, as in the rest of the Garcipollera, in order to carry out an important reforestation of conifers on its slopes as a measure to retain the erosion caused by the construction of the Yesa Reservoir.[2]

Demographics

Locality

Demographic data on the town of Bergosa since 1900:[3][4]

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  • It has not been included in the Nomenclator since 1970.
  • Data refer to de jure population.

Former municipality

Demographic data of the municipality of Bergosa since 1842:[5]

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  • In the 1842 census it was called Bergosa y Mesón del Señor.
  • Between the 1857 and the previous census, this municipality disappeared because it was integrated into the municipality of Bescós de Garcipollera.
  • Data refer to the population by right, except in the 1857 and 1860 Censuses, which refer to the de facto population.

Local holidays

  • November 29, San Saturnino.

See also


References

  1. Ubieto Arteta, Agustín (1972). Toponimia aragonesa medieval (in Spanish). Valencia: Anubar. p. 57.
  2. Instituto Aragonés de Estadística (2005). Catálogo de pueblos y municipios de Aragón. Estadística de población y nomenclaturas toponímicas entre 1900 y 2004 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Zaragoza: Gobierno de Aragón. pp. 72–73. ISBN 84-7753-366-0.

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